WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the House Committee on Natural Resources unveiled its proposed section for the massive Republican energy, tax, and national security bill.
The sprawling proposal, released in the dead of night, includes dozens of provisions that would benefit the oil and gas industry and other corporations, at the expense of American families.
Cookeville, TN - Sierra Club members and Tennessee community members spoke at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s hearing on the Ridgeline Expansion Project, and urged the department to deny the project’s request for an Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit.
HARTFORD, Conn. –Today, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed House Bill 5004, An Act Concerning the Protection of the Environment and the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and Associated Job Sectors, as a small step toward jumpstarting a cleaner, more resilient future.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Sens. Angus King and Steve Daines introduced the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act, which would reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and increase its funding. The LRF, first authorized in the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act, needs renewal to continue its work addressing the public lands maintenance backlog.
In response, Jackie Ostfeld, Sierra Club Outdoors for All campaign director, said:
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Republicans voted to eliminate an Environmental Protection Agency rule that prevents sources of especially persistent and bioaccumulative air toxics from increasing their emissions. Eliminating that regulation would permit over 1,800 industrial sources to discard the pollution controls currently in place to protect nearby communities from those hazardous air pollutants, which include mercury, dioxins, and hexachlorobenzene–toxics Congress singled out in the Clean Air Act as especially dangerous.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has released an order reforming the state’s Gas System Enhancement Plan (GSEP) (see, for example, Eversource Gas of Massachusetts and National Grid). The order aims to save ratepayers money by reducing gas utility spending on unnecessary pipel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives just passed three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions introduced by House Republicans to repeal three California clean vehicle waivers: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty low-NOx Omnibus.
Salt Lake City, UT – On Friday, April 25, the Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order limiting Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed rate hike, rejecting the utility’s attempt to raise power bills by more than 18%. Under the rates approved for 2025, single-family residential customers will see a 4.7% increase and multi-family residential customers will see a 3.77% increase.
Today, the Ohio legislature passed HB15 and sent it on to Governor DeWine to sign into law.
Federal funding to help sector innovate threatened, tariff uncertainty caused auto manufacturers to reduce orders of domestic steel